September 4, 2025
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — 314 Action today launched RFK Watch, a new accountability campaign exposing Robert F. Kennedy as America’s most dangerous Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary. RFK Watch comes following a press conference today with Protect Our Care, Senators, and all six members of Congressional Democratic Doctors Caucus.
“RFK Jr. is the biggest threat to our health right now. He is systematically dismantling the CDC and destroying everything our public health agencies stand for—science, innovation, and data-driven results,” said Shaughnessy Naughton, President of 314 Action. “History shows us that it never ends well when you refuse to listen to experts. Since his confirmation, he has done nothing to keep us safe or healthy. We’re launching RFK Watch to hold his feet to the fire and make sure every American knows what he’s doing.”
RFK Watch is part of 314 Action’s role as a watchdog and continues our seven-figure accountability campaign against RFK Jr. and the Trump administration. Since his nomination, 314 Action has been a leader in the fight against RFK Jr., spearheading efforts to protect science and raise awareness of his dangerous agenda.
“Secretary Kennedy should resign,” said Hawaii Governor Dr. Josh Green, Co-Chair of 314 Action’s Guardians of Public Health. “By attempting to force his anti-vaccine ideology into national public health policy, and by substituting conspiracy theories for scientific evidence and consensus, Mr. Kennedy has subverted respected public health institutions built on decades of expertise—causing enormous damage to public trust and creating an existential threat to our nation’s health.
“My call for Mr. Kennedy to step aside has nothing to do with partisan politics, and it is not a personal vendetta—it is based solely on my responsibility to protect the people of my state, and to advocate for the public health of the entire country.”
Naughton continued, “We can’t make America healthier by cherry-picking data and firing leading experts, RFK Jr. is infecting the entire public health system with misinformation, undercutting vaccine safety and access, legitimizing conspiracy theories about autism, and promoting junk science. We need scientists and doctors leading the way—not an anti-vaccine conspiracy theory freak.”
314 Action is the only national organization working to recruit, train and elect Democratic scientists across all levels of government—from the Senate down to local school boards. The organization is powered by a grassroots community of over six million people supporting scientists and health care professionals who will use science and facts to address the most urgent issues facing our generation.
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